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BIOINFORMATICS
卷 22, 期 23, 页码 2841-2845出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl498
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- Medical Research Council [MC_U137761446] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U137761446] Funding Source: UKRI
The largest family of transcription factors in mammals is of Cys(2)His(2) zinc finger-proteins, each with an NH2-terminal KRAB motif. Extensive expansions of this family have occurred in separate mammalian lineages, with similar to 400 such genes known in the human genome. Despite their widespread occurrence, the evolutionary provenance of the KRAB motif is unclear since previously it has not been found outside of the tetrapod vertebrates. Here, we show that homologues of the histone methyltransferase Meisetz are present within the sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) genome. Sea urchin and mammalian Meisetz sequences each contain an N-terminal KRAB motif, which thereby establishes an early origin of the KRAB motif prior to the divergence of echinoderm and chordate lineages. Finally, we present evidence that KRAB motifs derive from a novel family of KRI (KRAB Interior) motifs that were present in the last common ancestor of animals, plants and fungi.
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